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The feel of steel : the art and history of bank note engraving in the United States
Title page printed in black and blue. Includes illustrated head-pieces and tail-pieces printed in blue. Plates (some folded), except portrait plate, are included in pagination. Includes "A Portfolio of Original Engraved Prints": pages [133]-158.…
A Half Share in Sociedad Minera la Conquista de Granada
Part Transcription: "Sociedad Minera la Conquista de Granada. Mina Sn. José. Sita en férminode Aldeire en Sierra Nevada y sino Ilamado Barranco de Olmos, partido judicial de Guadix provincia de Granada. ... Madrid y Enero 1o. De 1857. El Presidente…
A share for La Virgina Società Industriale di Miniere, in Valsassina; presso Lecco
Part Transcription: "La Virginia, Società Industriale di Miniere, in Valsassina; presso Lecco. ... Titolo di una azione di 250 Lire Italiane al portatore No. [blank]. Bergamo, li 3 Luglio 1862. [blank]."
A Bond for the Republica Mexicana
Part Transcription: "Bonos del fondo consolidado del tesoro federal de la Republica Mexicana. Cuarta Serie. Letra D. Sectretaia de estado y del despacho da hacienda. - Seccion 2,a. ... El rito de este bono número 6.311 por valor de qiunientos pesos…
Real Minas de Cazalla y Guadalcanal
Part Transcription: "Minas de Cazalla y Guadalcanal. En virtud de la Real Cedula y Privilegio que J.M. se ha dignado conceder con fecha de 25 de Abril de 1795 á Don Juan Martin Hoppensak Tomada la razon en el Libro de Acciones [blank]. No. [blank]…
Sociedad Mineralogica de la Ciudad de Arequipa
Part Transcription: "Sociedad Mineralogica de la Ciudad de Arequipa. No. [blank]. Vale de cien pesos fuertes de America por una Accion que [blank] há puesto en la Sociedad Mineralogica de esta Ciudad de Arequipa, exibidos en su Thesoreria hoy [blank]…
Real Compan͠ia de Filipinas
Part Transcription: "Real Compan͠ia de Filipinas, Num. [blank]. L'Accion de doscientos cincuenta Pesos de quince à Reales de Vellon con que se interesa en la Real Compan͠ia de Filipinas [blank] Como directors de dicha Real Compan͠ia [blank], Tomó…
Compan͠ia General de Comercio de los Cinco Gremios Mayores de Madrid
Part Transcription: "Don Joseph Mar apoderado de los indivin͠os, interesados en la comcio, que bajo la protection y San Francisco de Asis Madrid doce de Febrero de mil setecientos setenta y tres [blank]."
Thames and Severn Canal Navigation Blank Loan
Transcription: By virtue of an act made and passed in the thirty first year of the reign of his majesty King George the third, to enable the company of proprietors of the tames and severn canal navigation, to borrow a further sum of money to complete…
Thames and Severn Canal Navigation Loan No. 243
Transcription: By virtue of an act made and passed in the twenty third year of the reign of his majesty King George the third, "for making and maintaining a navigable canal from the river "thames, or ISIS, at or near Leachlade, to join and…
Lipton, Limited. Ordinary Share Certificate
Transcription: [within engraved frame]
No. 061737 Ordinary share certificate Capital 2,000,000 divided into 1,000,000 five percent cumulative preference shares of £1 each numbered 1 to 1,000,000 both inclusive entitled to a fixed cumulative…
Property Insurance Policy Against Loss by Fire
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No. 477087 Whereas the trustees for the time being of the Somerset elms house at the Proxfield in the County of Mills hath paid the sum of three pounds seventeen shillings to the society of the SUN FIRE-OFFICE in London and has agreed…
London and Birminghame Steam Carriage Company Shares
transcription: London and Birmingham Steam Carriage Company. Capital,
Two Hundred Thousand Pounds in 10,000 shares of £20 each. This is to certify that [illegible] is a proprietor of five shares in the capital stock of the London and Birmingham…
British Gas Light Company
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British Gas Light Company Share £50 No 2921 This is to certify That Issac Morris Ellisen of foreign stock exchange in the city of London is the proprietor of the share No. 2921 in the capital of the British Gas Light Company as…
British Gas Light Company Share £50 No 2921 This is to certify That Issac Morris Ellisen of foreign stock exchange in the city of London is the proprietor of the share No. 2921 in the capital of the British Gas Light Company as…
Mercy and Irwell Navigation Company Share
Transcription:No. 49 By virtue of an act of parliament made in the seventh year of his present majesties reign entitled an act for making the rivers Mercy and Irwell navigable from Liverpool to Manchester in the county palatine of Lancaster and by…
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Heads, English & foreign collected by Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, countess of Pomfret
100 seventeenth-century window-mounted engraved portrait plates with manuscript biographies on facing pages; the first 50 biographies with decorative…